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Definition of Sylvan
1. Noun. A spirit that lives in or frequents the woods.
2. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of wooded regions. "A shady sylvan glade"
Definition of Sylvan
1. a. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
2. n. A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
3. n. A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.
Definition of Sylvan
1. one that lives in a forest [n -S]